Hold this bent knee position for 15 seconds and repeat the bend 10 times.
Exercises for hip surgery patients.
The majority of patients are able to.
Stand comfortably and erect with your weight evenly balanced on your walker or crutches.
Squeeze your buttock muscles together as if you are holding in flatulence.
Don t let your knee roll inward or outward.
Perform three sets of 10 three times a day.
You can do this exercise 3 or 4 times a day.
Lying down on the bed slide the heel of one foot up toward your buttocks.
At first you will walk with a walker or crutches.
Ankle pumps lie on your back.
Repeat 10 more times.
To see the full benefit of hip replacement therapy will be a necessary part of the rehabilitation process.
Early on walking will help you regain movement in your hip.
Your surgeon or therapist will tell you how much weight to put on your leg.
2 lie on your back with your knees bent in a 10 to 15 degree angle.
Repeat 10 times 1 set.
Call your surgeon if.
Recovery after surgery.
You may place a pillow lengthwise beneath your surgical leg if you have an increase in swelling.
Gently point and pull ankle of your surgical leg by pumping foot up and down.
Hold for five seconds.
Rest and elevate lie down with your legs at the level of your heart for at least 20 minutes.